Revs. Scott & Carrie Carnes
Song of the Week Sunday
Rev. Cindy Watson shared this video on Facebook and I felt it was worth sharing with my friends as well. Isn’t this a great song as we approach the transformation that is going to take place this Easter Sunday? Wow.
Carrie Newcomer performs this song, “Geodes” with Gary Walters, Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines at the Buskirk-Chymley Theatre.
(Song[s] of the Week Sunday)
Okay, so this week we couldn’t choose, so we’re putting up two songs by the band “All Sons & Daughters.” If you want to download their albums, you can find their songs on iTunes.
Here is the description (from youtube) of the band:
The worship duo of David Leonard and Leslie Jordan was birthed in 2010 from Journey Church located in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tennessee. Jordan and Leonard met at Journey in the summer of 2009 where they began writing worship songs for their church family. Their evolution into a duo began when they started leading those songs together on Sunday mornings. Both currently serve on staff at Journey as Worship Designers in the Creative Arts Ministry.
Leslie Jordan has been leading worship since age 14, both in her own church and for churches and conferences across the United States. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2007 and was hired on staff at Journey as the Worship Designer in January 2008. David Leonard grew up in Southeast Arkansas and attended college at John Brown University. While attending the university, Leonard began the Word Records band Jackson Waters. After disbanding in 2008, Leonard began touring with the Atlantic Records rock band NEEDTOBREATHE, and completed his time with them in May 2010.
In October of 2010, Leonard and Jordan signed an exclusive recording contract as Sons & Daughters with worship label, Integrity Music. In November, All Sons & Daughters recorded their first EP, Brokenness Aside, with drummer/producer Paul Mabury (Hillsong, Brandon Heath, One Sonic Society, Rocket Science). The project’s songs are all written by Leonard and Jordan and reflect the environment of their church and the message of God’s restorative love that Journey seeks to share with its community. The duo’s first single “All the Poor and Powerless” has already generated buzz online and among various church communities around the country. A demo version of the song is available for download at www.sonsdaughters.bandcamp.com. An acoustic video for “All the Poor and Powerless” is also at the Sons & Daughters Vimeo page, http://vimeo.com/15344436
“David & Leslie have found a way to capture the thoughts, emotions and sounds of their local church & put them into songs,” says Jay King, Integrity’s vice president of A&R/Artist Development. “All Sons & Daughters is more than a worship band…they represent us as people who are still on a journey. And they are creating the soundtrack for that journey.”
In addition to leading worship at their church and events around the country, Leonard and Jordan have lent their voices to The Know Hope Collective, the ground breaking initiative that combines worship music with stories of hope and inspiration created by Audio Adrenaline alums Mark Stuart and Will McGinniss.
Upon the release of their record in July, the duo will be back on the road for appearances at a variety of conferences and music festivals this Summer/Fall.
(Song of the Week Sundays)
One of my favorite places to go to search for new worship music and one of my favorite places for creativity was TheWorshipFiles.com
Unfortunately, the blogger had a child and new job and found himself too busy to continue the blog. Yet, even a year later, I think his rendition of “Here I Am: Send Me Out” (by Michael Bleecker) is worthy of our ‘Song of the Week.’
It is an amazing and inspirational song and Jason does a tremendous job on this acoustic version. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
I hope you take a moment to enjoy this version of “O For A Thousand Tongues.” Charles Wesley wrote these words in 1739. He wrote this song as he reflected on the previous year. This song was his reflection upon the one year anniversary of his conversion to Christ. In 1828 the great American Composer Lowell Mason wrote a new tune and, as you can hear in this recording, it is a song that has continued to be revisited by talented musicians.
It is a song that speaks to both the human condition in a very real way and also speaks of the boundless response of God acting upon us. Written by a man who was responding to very recent changes in his life and faith, one can feel the passion come through this song. To me, maybe I’m weird, it seems that this song is more than just a sum of its parts. There is a Spirit that is active behind the words, the tune, and the arrangement. There is an X-factor in this hymn and, I think, that is the reason it has captured the imaginations of so many talented musicians over the centuries.
I hope that you will enjoy this version by the David Crowder Band and I hope that this song will bring inspiration to your week!